Rosenwald Fund Collection · Rosenwald Fund Collection

Transactions from the Rosenwald Family Association

Corresspondence letters between Julius Rosenwald, Lessing Rosenwald, Dorothy A. Elvridge, Levin, Nathan W., Mary Elizabeth Mckay, G. A Borgese, and Edwin Embree containing information about checks from the Rosenwald Family Association to the Julius Rosenwald Fund as shares and support to the fund. Documents include receipts of check deposits from the Rosenwald Family Association, receipts about expenses paid for Alfred K. Stern and others relating to the Rosenwald fund, estimated budget receipts forthe Young Women's Christian Association of Chicago

Shares from the Julian W. Mack Fund to the Julius Rosenwald Fund

Corresspondence letters between Lessing Rosenthal, Julius Rosenwald, Lessing Rosenwald, Dorothy A. Elvridge, Levin, Nathan W., and Edwin Embree containing information about the transfer of shares and stocks from the Julian W. Mack Trust Fund to the Julius Rosenwald Fund.Documents also include letters corresspondences about grant payment, and shares payment reciepts.

Shares in Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Julian W Mack Trust Fund

Corresspondence letters between Lessing Rosenthal, Julius Rosenwald, Lessing Rosenwald, Dorothy A. Elvridge, and Edwin Embree containing legal information concerning shares and stocks within Sears, Roebuck and Co., Arthington and Homan Avenues, Chicago and the Julian W. Mack scholarship Fund. Letters also include discussions about grant payment, stock and cash breakdown on Judge Mack Trust, payment reciepts, and an autobiography of Julian W. Mack.

Administrative happenings within the Fund

Personal and professional Correspondence letters between Mrs Marion Ascoli, Sumiko Oura, Margaret S. Simon, and Edwin R. Embree about rural school fund, support and investments in philantropic works by the fund, and other administrative discussions for the benefits of the fund.

Philantropic works by the Rosenwald Fund

Personal and professional Correspondence letters between Mrs Marion Ascoli, Sumiko Oura, Helen Hanbury, Max Ascoli, Will W. Alexander, Margaret S. Simon, and Edwin R. Embree about race relations, a recommendation letter to the Aray Air Forces for a Negro candidate - Corporal Cockrell, a document about The University Religious Conference, and philantropic and administrative works by the fund.

Mrs Marion R Stern's Elections and works within the fund

Correspondence letters between Mrs Marion R. Stern, Mrs Marion Ascoli, Julia Waxman, Dorothy A. Elvridge, Margaret S. Simon, M. O. Bousfield, and Edwin R. Embree about Mrs Marion Stern elected as a trustee of the fund during the meeting of the members of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, Marion Stern's resignation from the board of the Julius Rosenwald Fund and her re-election as a trustee of the fund in place of Alfred K Stern's after his resignation. Letters include Marion R Stern's works as a trustee ofthe Fund, meeting details with the trustees of the fund, the Julius Rosenwald Employee Benefit Trusts, a list of Trustees and staff of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and more philantropic works by the fund.

Apartment housing works and documents about Alfred K Stern

Correspondence letters between Alfred K. Stern, George R. Arthur, Dorothy A. Elvridge, Margaret S. Simon, George J. O'connor, and Edwin R. Embree about the Rosenwald Fund housing leases and services to people, Mr Julius Rosenwald memorial service at the University of Chicago with details about the service including a resolution passed to annually make the first sunday in february 'Rosenwald day'. Letters include a list of books owned by Alfred K Stern, details about Alfred K Stern's election to the Nominating committee in the Annual meeting of the trustees of the Fund, Alfred K. Stern's resignation as a trustee of the Rosenwald Fund, Alfred K. Stern's trip to Mexico with his wife Martha, and documents by the War department, from Internal security division, investigating Alfred K Stern for employment in National Defense work

Negro education and administrative works in the fund

Correspondence letters between Alfred K. Stern, George R. Arthur, Michael M. Davis, Virginia Heywood, Nathan W. Levin, and Edwin R. Embree about communistic activities among Negroes on the south side of Chicago, a memorandum containing meeting details with Edgar Stern, Lessing Rosenwald, Julius Rosenwald, and A. K. Stern about the status of the Negro, payment to Howard University towards Negro health week, philantropic support towards Negro schools, and administrative works of the Fund.

Philantropic interests towards Negro education

Correspondence letters between Alfred K. Stern, George R. Arthur, Michael M. Davis, Nathan W. Levin, and Edwin R. Embree about parent-teacher association in Negro schools, Administrative interests in Negro colleges including Hampton University, studies in A & M college in Nashville, meetings with the board of trustees about funds allocated to rural school programs, school libraries, issues with the Negro group in Savannah hospital, and more philantropic interests of the fund.

Housing projects and Responsibilities withing the fund

Correspondence letters between Alfred K. Stern, George R. Arthur, Mr Julius Rosenwald, William B. Harrell, and Edwin R. Embree about Sears, Roebuck and Co., housing projects , Mortgages for Negroes, trade and funeral costs. More discussions include issues with apartment rents and furnishes, meetings with trustees of the fund, and allocation of responsibility in the Rosenwald Fund office.

Negro education and philantropic activities in the Rosenwald Fund

Personal and professional correspondence letters between Alfred K. Stern, George R. Arthur, Mr Julius Rosenwald, Mrs Norma Thompson, and Edwin R. Embree about Negro education and opportunities for Negro training in trades, fund propsals, administrative activities within the Rosenwald Fund, and stock purchases.

Budget and Correspondence Related to Educational Funding, 1918–1919

This collection contains budget proposals and correspondence from November 14, 1918, to November 14, 1919, concerning the allocation of funds to Rosenwald schools. Key figures include Dr. Fletcher B. Dresslar, the secretary to Julius Rosenwald, and representatives of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Materials detail funding strategies, school construction plans, teacher hiring, and financial audits, with a focus on specific states.

Plans for Building New Schoolhouses in North Carlina

This collection contains plans to build school houses in North Carolina. This includes reports, as well as requisition, for 13 schools that have qualified for aid and the number that have already been paid. There are also checks disbursed by the Julius Rosenwald fund

Report of Funds Allocated to Roenwald Schools in 1914

This collection contains correspondence between Mr. Booker T. Washington, Mr. William C. Graves, and Mr. Julius Rosenwald about the funds and expenses regarding the Rosenwald schools as of 1914.

Plans to further support Rural Education in Alabama

This collection contains correspondence between Mr. Julius Rosenwald and Mr. Booker T. Washington about the efforts to funding schools in Alabama. This also includes report on the activities of the Rosenwald schools in Alabama as of 1913, and there is a plan to raise more rural schoolhouses

Correspondence about Rosenwald Day 1933

This collection contains school reports and pictures of the rehabilitated Noatasulga and Loachaboka Rosenwald schools as of 1938. There is also correspondence between Mr. S. L. Smith and Mr. J. S. Lambert about a report on schools that took part in Rosenwald Day 1933.

School Plant Rehabilitation Program in Alabama

This collection contains correspondence to and fro Mr. S. L. Smith and Mr. J. S. Lambert regarding the school plant rehabilitation program in Alabama. The schools being rehabilitated are the Loachapoka and Noatasulga Rosenwald schools, which occured spanned 1937-1938. There was also mention of a celebration to take place on November 16, 1937.

Reports and Correspondence, Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1929–1932

This collection contains documents such as the Annual Report to the Julius Rosenwald Fund covering the period from July 1, 1929 to June 30, 1932, the 1930–1931 construction budget, a 1930–1931 request for aid to the Fund, and correspondence related to the rebuilding of the Montgomery County Training School.

Schoolhouse and Library Support Records, 1928-1929

This collection contains applications for aid in schoolhouse construction under the 1928–1929 and 1929–1930 budgets, records of fund appropriation by the Julius Rosenwald Fund for various aspects of Negro schools in the South, and support for 280 libraries in Rosenwald schools across the region. It also contains financial statements for the Julius Rosenwald Library Fund in Alabama from July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1929, and records of checks disbursed.

Alabama School Construction Records

This collection contains correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the Alabama Department of Education regarding fund appropriation for the construction of Negro schoolhouses, teachers’ homes, classroom additions, and shops. It includes correspondence on schools planned for construction in the year beginning July 1, 1926, a statement on the status of Rosenwald building projects in Alabama for the year ending June 30, 1927, and cross-reference records.

Correspondence between Alabama DOE and the Julius Rosenwald Fund and Finanial statements of the Julius Rosenwald fund for building and managing schools

This collection contains financial and administrative documents related to the Julius Rosenwald Fund’s support of education in Alabama and other Southern states. Materials include financial reports for the years July 1, 1925–June 30, 1926 and July 1, 1927–June 30, 1928, a report on the 1928–1929 Rosenwald Day Program in Alabama, and the 1919–1920 budget for the Julius Rosenwald Rural School Fund. Also included is correspondence between the Alabama State Department of Education and the Rosenwald Fund concerning funding to extend school terms in Rosenwald schools across 14 states, financial statements for the Fund, a status report on Rosenwald building projects in Alabama for 1927–1928, and a list of old budget schools aided through Tuskegee Institute.

Correspondence regarding construction of schoolhouse buildings in Alabama and other states in the south

This collection contains plans to build schools and teachers' homes for the periods July 1, 1923 to June 30, 1924 and July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1925; correspondence regarding a change in schoolhouse building law in Alabama; reports on Rosenwald school building in Alabama; financial information for the year ending June 30, 1922; a list of Rosenwald schools completed under budget for 1921–1922 and 1923–1924; a list of building projects cancelled as of June 30, 1922; and correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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